No Pam Ward for Wisky!!

[Redwingtom]

Although Mark Jones is not much better. All is according to CFN, so take that FWIW...

" And as for ESPN’s Noon Big Ten game, Mark Jones is rejoined by Chris Spielman. This is another good fit. Jones—for all the ribbing he gets (it’s deserved, but admittedly overdone at times)—is a solid broadcaster. His pacing, smoothness and ability to move a broadcast along are all quite good. It’s just his pained attempts to elicit laughs and his excessive uses of esoteric (read: unfamiliar or outdated) vocabulary that make viewers groan. Jones, then, is right where he should be: in a broadcast booth for ESPN, but not in a time slot where the huge games of the season are likely to be played. In a middle-division game in the Big Ten, Jones’ perkiness livens up a broadcast. In primetime, however, his approach would have been a disaster (as it was for last year’s dramatic win by Wisconsin over Purdue). Jones, in the end, can be likened to a fifth starter in baseball: he is a needed part of the rotation during the regular season, but he won’t get the ball in the playoffs.

Spielman, for his part, brings an energy level that will blend well with Jones. Having two young guys together will spice up that Big Ten broadcast, while Bob Davie can graduate to the upper echelon with Franklin. The former Ohio State linebacker could even elbow Jones in the chops if his play-by-play guy uses the word “prestidigitation” on the air.

And then, while still on Saturdays, there’s the new network, ESPNU. Two words: Mike Tomczak. Last year—on ESPN2 with Pam Ward (why did a trail-blazing female broadcaster have to get saddled with such a poor analyst?)—Tomczak was lousy. Slow, tentative and choppy, Tomczak—in terms of both content and delivery—was horrible. Given that he’ll be a central ESPNU game analyst, you can safely use the mute button on Tomczak’s games and any other games ESPNU airs. If that’s the best they got at the “U,” that should tell you something."

[TG1996]

Mark Jones is decent. The only nitpicking I can remember having about him is games he did in '03, everytime Harris carried the ball he had to say "...on the predetermined run." EVERY time. The truth, but a little wordy for my broadcast tastes.

[redskins4ever]

Mark Jones is terrible... love Speilman though, he will be pulling for BG the entire game!